No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation

No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation

Winner - 2015 Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Hawaiâ€˜i Book of the Year

Winner - 2015 Ka Palapala Poâ€˜okela Award of Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture and History

No MÄkou ka Mana asserts that the founders of the Hawaiian Kingdom exercised their own agency and were not just acted upon by foreign powers. The ruling aliâ€˜i selectively appropriated tools and ideas from the West--including laws, religion, educational models, protocols, weapons, printing and map-making technologies, seafaring vessels, clothing, names, and international alliances. The result? A hybrid system based on an enduring tradition of Hawaiian governance intended to preserve, strengthen, and maintain the lÄhui. Using rare primary documents and "â€˜ÅŒiwi optics," Kamanamaikalani Beamer offers a new point of reference for understanding the motivations, methods and accomplishments of Hawaiâ€˜iâ€™s great leaders.

No MÄkou ka Mana is exhaustively researched, carefully written, and powerfully argued...a major contribution to Hawaiian history and Hawaiian studies...The clear analysis, engaging narrative, and original voice will serve as inspiration to other small nations and indigenous peoples the world over." --Noenoe Silva

"BeamerÊ»s study highlights native agency in the face of Western imperialism. This is a dicey political trade-off for KÄnaka Maoli, who must sacrifice the role of victim--and its political potential for reparation--in order to explore the nature of native cooperation and engagement with Europeans and Americans and their nineteenth-century imperialist agendas...Ultimately, if we are to have a clearer sense of what colonialism really is in the modern age--not just about conquest, but more about influence and hegemony--we need this book." --Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoâ€˜ole Osorio
Country USA
Manufacturer Kamehameha Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Kamehameha Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-06-01
Format	Kindle eBook

No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation

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